Новости за 25.08.2016

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say 2 Catholic nuns have been found slain in a Mississippi home; motive unclear.

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police say three people are dead in what they are calling a homicide that may have involved a crossbow. Officers arrived at a home in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough and found two people without vital signs. A third person was found with significant injuries and taken to a hospital. Police […]

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — The state of Indiana is providing $200,000 to the city of East Chicago to help families living at a public housing complex where soil is tainted with elevated levels of lead and arsenic. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority says its board on Thursday approved the allocation of $100,000 […]

Here are some places to see discounted and outdoor movies during the week of Aug. 26.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington mother who drowned her toddler daughter and slashed the throat of her teenage daughter has been sentenced to life in prison, with no chance for parole until 2054. Jessica Smith did not speak at Thursday’s sentencing in Astoria, Oregon, 25 miles north of the coastal resort where the attack […]

A list of titles available for home viewing and streaming during the week of Friday, Aug. 26.

The Bothell High School shop teacher who reported in May that he had been attacked on the school’s campus fabricated the story, according to a news release posted on the city of Bothell website. This breaking story will be updated.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Duke University has filed a $9.9 million claim against the estate of former Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon for pledges the Duke alumnus made that the university says were unpaid at the time of his death in a fiery highway crash. The claim, which the Durham, North-Carolina-based school filed Aug. […]

Infant simulators — robotic babies given to teenage students in classes in many Seattle-area school districts — might not be effective in reducing teen pregnancy, according to a study from Australia.

Screenings during the week of Aug. 26 include “Life of Pi” (which closes the “Movies at the Mural” series at Seattle Center), “The King and I” and “The Lorax.”

The state is preparing for the second time to exterminate an entire wolf pack for preying on livestock in Northeast Washington. About 90 wolves live in Washington, and this pack is 12 percent of that population.

Saying she is “disappointed, saddened and deeply concerned” by the price hike of the EpiPen, actress Sarah Jessica Parker has cut ties with the company that makes the emergency allergy treatment. Parker, whose 13-year-old son James Wilke has severe peanut and hazelnut allergies, was part of a short campaign with pharmaceutical giant Mylan N.V., maker […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Activists and relatives of a teenage woman at the center of a San Francisco Bay Area police sex scandal say they want to know if any of the more than two dozen law enforcement officials implicated earlier this year will face criminal charges. The woman, who turned 19 on Thursday and […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the deal says the Cleveland Browns are trading disappointing linebacker Barkevious Mingo to the New England Patriots. The sides agreed to the deal on Thursday, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been finalized. ESPN.com first reported the deal. The […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a man in Ohio hid that he had been in a special police unit in Bosnia and took part in the Serb massacre of over 8,000 Muslim Bosnians during the 1995 genocide. The U.S. government says 41-year-old Oliver Dragic, of Barberton, has been accused of immigration fraud in a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump defeated 16 rivals in the Republican primaries by being the most anti-immigrant of them all, promising to build a giant wall on the border and deport millions. He labeled opponents like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio as weak and amnesty-loving, and his extreme rhetoric pushed the entire debate over immigration […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas jury is now deliberating on whether a General Motors ignition switch was to blame for a 2011 accident that killed one driver and injured another. Zachary Stevens and his parents have sued GM, claiming a faulty ignition switch in Stevens’ Saturn Sky jostled off, causing him to lose control and […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Proponents of an NFL stadium in Las Vegas say they’ve narrowed their list to two potential sites and are unwilling to accept any less than $750 million in public funding toward the project, which they hope will provide a new home for the Raiders. Representatives from Majestic Realty and the Las […]

A Seattle jury convicted Roman Seleznev of stealing credit-card numbers from U.S. businesses, including restaurants in Washington state.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Utilities Board has declined to take immediate action on a request by 14 landowners to halt construction of a four-state oil pipeline. There is temporary stop on construction until Monday but the board met Thursday to hear two hours of arguments from Texas-based Dakota Access and the landowners […]

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins acquired Jeff Francoeur from the Atlanta Braves in a three-team trade Wednesday night, hoping the well-traveled outfielder can provide a boost toward a playoff spot. Francoeur was the only major leaguer included in the deal that also involved Texas. Any big league player traded after Aug. 1 had to […]

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire state trooper involved in the videotaped beating of a man after a two-state car chase is set to plead guilty to several charges. Thirty-one-year-old Andrew Monaco was arrested in July on charges stemming from his use of force in the arrest of Richard Simone Jr. on May 11 […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish rebels opened fire Thursday at security forces protecting a convoy of vehicles carrying Turkey’s main opposition party leader in the northeast, wounding three soldiers, Turkey’s interior minister said. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People’s Party, told the state-run Anadolu Agency that he was safe and had been taken to […]

In this photo by Chiang Ying-ying, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech at a military exercise in southern Taiwan. She and other observers wore flak jackets and helmets as Taiwanese forces carried out a live-fire demonstration that simulated an attempt by Chinese forces to land on the island. The president said the participating soldiers […]

PARIS (AP) — The mayors of London and Paris are criticizing local French bans of body-covering burkini swimsuits, saying women should wear what they want to the beach. Burkini bans in several French coastal towns this summer have prompted a debate in France and outrage among many people abroad. London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city’s […]